Shoyoroku - Case 96: Kyuho Does Not Acknowledge

Kyuho served Sekiso as his attendant. After Sekiso's passing, the assembly
wanted to make their head monk the abbot of the temple. Kyuho would not
acknowledge him. He said,
  "Wait till I examine him. If he understands our late master's spirit and
   intention, I will serve him as I served our late master."
So he asked the head monk,
  "Our late master said,
      'Have been totally ceased;
       Have been totally extinguished;
      [Have become a cool land of desolation;] [1]
       Have had only one awareness for ten thousand years;
       Have become cold ashes and a withered tree;
      [Have become a fragrant censer in an ancient shrine;]
       Have become a vertical stripe [2] of white silk.'
   Tell me, what sort of matter did he clarify with this?"
The head monk said,
  "He clarified the matter of absolute Oneness."
Ho said, 
  "If so, you have not yet understood our late master's spirit."
The head monk said,
  "Don't you acknowledge me? Pass me incense."
He lit the incense and said, 
  "If I had not understood our late master's spirit, I would not be able to
   pass away while the smoke of this incense rises."
No sooner had he said this than he expired while sitting in zazen. Kyuho
caressed his back and said,
  "Dying while sitting or standing is not impossible. But you could not even
   dream of our late master's spirit." 

[1]: The original text contains five out of the famous "seven Perfecta"
     (shichikyo) of Sekiso. For your reference, the lacking two lines are
     shown in [ ].
[2]: The image of a waterfall.